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Recognised as Colour

#12CAA1

  • #12CAA1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#12CAA1 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 202, 161 and HSL 167°, 84%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#12CAA1#12CAA1
HEX#12CAA1
RGBrgb(18, 202, 161)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.7922, 0.6314
RGB percentages7.1%, 79.2%, 63.1%
HSLhsl(166.6, 83.6%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.6, 91.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK91.1%, 0%, 20.3%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,231,521
CSS custom property--colour: #12CAA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.99:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#ED355E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4BC9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFADA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.1Turquoise · ΔE 16.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.4Aquamarine · ΔE 20Light seagreen · ΔE 21.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 13.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA123B
Analogous#12CA45, #1297CA
Triadic#A112CA, #CAA112
Split complementary#CA1297, #CA4512
Tetradic#4512CA, #CA123B, #97CA12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0F8E8
Lighter +30%#81F4DA
Lighter +20%#52F0CD
Lighter +10%#24EBBF
Darker −10%#0E9B7C
Darker −20%#0A6C56
Darker −30%#053E31
Darker −40%#010F0C
More saturated +25%#00DCAB
Less saturated −25%#2DAF92

Channel breakdown

R18
G202
B161
Red18 (7.1%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue161 (63.1%)
Hue166.63°
Saturation (HSL)83.64%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G CA · B A1

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